According to the report, Evans isn’t sure he’ll be 100 percent in time for the Oct. 20 event, so as a precaution, he went ahead and declined the fight.

Gurgel’s management originally told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) of the Gurgel-Evans fight late last week. UFC 77 takes place at Cincinnati’s U.S. Bank Arena, which is located less than an hour south of Gurgel’s training facility in West Chester, Ohio.

Gurgel is expected to remain on the card, but an opponent has not yet been named.

In his UFC debut, Gurgel dropped a unanimous decision to Mark Hominick at UFC Fight Night 5, but he rebounded three months later for a unanimous-decision victory over Danny Abbadi at UFC 63. In his most recent fight, Gurgel defeated Diego Saraiva with a unanimous decision at UFC 73.

Evans, a UPS sorter up in Anchorage, Alaska, made his UFC debut at The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale and made a solid — but unsuccessful — showing against Roger Huerta. The Alaska Fighting Championships bantamweight champion ultimately suffered a second-round TKO from strikes.

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